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The date was Saturday 15th November 1941. The SS Inspectorate of Concentration Camps authorizes the postponement of the execution of Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) in Dachau and other concentration camps if SS doctors attest to their suitability for work. In light of the severe labor shortages in Germany the SS decides to alter the Commissar Order, which required the execution of Soviet political commissars and other officials. The German army turned tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners over to the SS for execution. Even though the SS drafts some Soviet prisoners for forced labor, it continues executing Soviet POWs at Dachau until September 1944. More than 6,000 Soviet POWs will be transferred to Dachau between the fall of 1941 and March 1942 and shot on the rifle range in Herbertshausen, north of the camp.
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Did the ss execute pows?
yes, especially Soviet pows
How many survivors were there in Dachau concentration camp?
Approximately 200,000 people survived auschwitz concentration camps , most of them was Jews, Soviet POWs and couple of gypsies and 1 or 2 homosexuals.
Could Soviet POWs in Nazi Germany be used as servants by Nazis?
yes, but generally they weren't, if they were used; they would be used as slaves.
Why were Germans POWs kept imprisoned by the Soviets until 1955?
The Soviet Union used POWs as a sort of human war-indemnity (i.e. slave labour). Thus, Axis prisoners were kept after the armistice and forced to rebuild what the Axis troops had destroyed in the Soviet Union, mainly infrastructure and industry. As these projects were completed, prisoners were set free and sent home, with the last major projects (railways in the Ukraine, as it was) completed in 1955. This also coincided with the recreation of a German state (but the POWs were from all Axis countries, not just Germany) The Soviet Union regarded this as perfectly fair. Germany was herself not in a position to pay any indemnities covering the losses of the USSR, and Western Allies were highly unwilling to create a second Versailles treaty (i.e. they refused to force Germany to pay huge indemnities). The US actually made an effort to get these POWs out, by offering financial replacement for their labour. But the Soviets refused.
Where did Soviet troops slay over 10000 polish officers?
Katyn Forest. The total number of Polish POWs murdered at Katyn was 22,000. The Russian government released the documents in May 2010.
Did the ss execute pows?
yes, especially Soviet pows
How many survivors were there in Dachau concentration camp?
Approximately 200,000 people survived auschwitz concentration camps , most of them was Jews, Soviet POWs and couple of gypsies and 1 or 2 homosexuals.
When did gassing become available to Auschwitz?
In september 1941, mainly Soviet POWs were first ones to be gassed at Auschwitz.
3 million people of what group was killed in the holocaust?
Soviet POWS
What was the first big event to happen in the concentration camp Auschwitz?
The gassing of 675 soviet POWs and 250 others in september 3rd 1941
Who were the victims of the Auschwitz?
Mostly jews but their was some Gypsies and polish and some Soviet POWs
Could Soviet POWs in Nazi Germany be used as servants by Nazis?
yes, but generally they weren't, if they were used; they would be used as slaves.
Who got murdered in the Auschwitz Concentration camp?
Jews Polish Jews Soviet Pows some gypsies mostly jews and polish jews
Who was housed at Auschwitz?
Mainly Jewish people were putted into Auschwitz but some Soviet POWs, Poles and Romas(Gypsies) were also putted into the Auschwitz camps.
What was the general treatment of the pows?
What was the Pows?
How many non-Jewish died in the Nazi regime?
The most general figure quoted is 5 million, this includes Soviet POWs used as slave labour.
Who went to the Majdanek concetration camp?
Initially, the largest group of prisoners was Soviet POWs. Later by far the largest group was Jews, and about 75% of the victims killed there were Jews.
